1. Early Physics. 1896-1942.
This series documents the history of nuclear physics, radiation, and radium studies from 1896 up to, but not including, the Manhattan Project. The core of Series 1 comprises a collection of original editions and secondary references tracing the sequence of discoveries that revealed the feasibility of the release of energy on a large scale by means of a fission chain reaction in uranium.
291 items
(Page: 1 - 100)
0001.
AMALDI, EDOARDO. Il sistema protone-neutrone. pp. (555)-615. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. Roma: Reale
Accademia d'Italia. 1942. QC793.5.P72 A43 1942
Amaldi was a member of the elite inner circle of particle physicists in pre-war Italy, and was Fermi's chief collaborator in the important series of neutron bombardment experiments of 1934-1935. See Rhodes, pp. 208-09, 211-12, 216-21 & 231.
Amaldi was a member of the elite inner circle of particle physicists in pre-war Italy, and was Fermi's chief collaborator in the important series of neutron bombardment experiments of 1934-1935. See Rhodes, pp. 208-09, 211-12, 216-21 & 231.
0002.
ANDERSON, HERBERT L., ENRICO FERMI & LEO SZILARD. Neutron Production and Absorption in Uranium. pp. 284-286. 4to, printed wrappers, housed in protective leatherette case provided.
FIRST EDITION. N.p.: Physical Review. 1939. QC793.5.S625 A53 1939
A major landmark in the development of the atomic bomb, Fermi, Szilard and Anderson here established experimentally the possibility of a chain reaction in uranium under the action of slow neutrons. See Rhodes, pp. 298-300. PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by LEO SZILARD on the front wrapper.
A major landmark in the development of the atomic bomb, Fermi, Szilard and Anderson here established experimentally the possibility of a chain reaction in uranium under the action of slow neutrons. See Rhodes, pp. 298-300. PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by LEO SZILARD on the front wrapper.
0003.
ANDRADE, PROF. E.N. DA C. Some Problems of Atomic Structure. pp. 46-60. 8vo, printed wrappers. (N.p.: Mathematical Gazette, 1926). 1926. QC173.4.A87 A53 1926
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, offprinted from the Mathematical Gazette, March 1926.
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, offprinted from the Mathematical Gazette, March 1926.
0004.
ARCHIVES DE L'INSTITUT DU RADIUM & DE LA FONDATION CURIE. Radiophysiologie et Radiotherapie. Recueil de Travaux Biologiques, Techniques et Therapeutiques. Publie par Cl. Regaud,
A. Lacassagne & R. Ferroux. Volume I, Fasicule I-IV. 4 Volumes. 646 pages. Illustrated.
Large 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut. Paris: Les Presses Universitaires de France. 1927-1929.
0005.
ASTON, F.W. Isotopes. 152 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Edward Arnold. 1922. QD463 .A7
Aston (1877-1945) received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1922. This is his classic publication in which he details his experiments demonstrating the existence of isotopes. This work led to "the reconstruction of the table of atomic weights. . . (showing) that they are only in exceptional cases whole numbers when considered as multiples of the weight of a hydrogen atom. The ultimate consequences of these discrepancies are far-reaching. The ratio between hydrogen and helium is not 4:1 as it 'should' be, but rather less; which means that when four atoms of hydrogen are transformed into one helium atom some matter is annihilated. In fact this is an example of the interchangeability between mass and energy which is postulated in Einstein's 'General Theory of Relativity'." -PMM 412; Heirs of Hippocrates 1183.
Aston (1877-1945) received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1922. This is his classic publication in which he details his experiments demonstrating the existence of isotopes. This work led to "the reconstruction of the table of atomic weights. . . (showing) that they are only in exceptional cases whole numbers when considered as multiples of the weight of a hydrogen atom. The ultimate consequences of these discrepancies are far-reaching. The ratio between hydrogen and helium is not 4:1 as it 'should' be, but rather less; which means that when four atoms of hydrogen are transformed into one helium atom some matter is annihilated. In fact this is an example of the interchangeability between mass and energy which is postulated in Einstein's 'General Theory of Relativity'." -PMM 412; Heirs of Hippocrates 1183.
0006.
ASTON, FRANCIS WILLIAM. Isotopes. Illustrated with 21 figures and 4 full page plates. VIII, 152 p. 8vo. Original blue
cloth, gilt lettering. New York, Longmans, Green & Co. First American edition. 1923. QD463 .A7 1923b
0007.
ASTON, F.W. Isotope. Autorisierte Uebertragung ins Deutsche von Dr. Else Nort-Rubinowicz. 163 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed boards. FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1923. QD466 .A77 1923
0008.
ASTON, F.W. Isotopes. Second Edition. 182 pages. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. New York: Longmans. 1924. QD463 .A7 1924b
0009.
BADASH, LAWRENCE. Radioactivity in America. Growth and Decay of a Science. 327 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins. 1979. QC794.98 .B33
An excellent history of the study of radioactivity in the United States.
An excellent history of the study of radioactivity in the United States.
0010.
BAKKER, DR. C.J. Grepen uit de Kernphysica. Rede uitgesproken bii de Aanvaarding van het Ambt van Hoogleereer aan de Universiteit
van Amsterdam op 24 februari 1947. 19 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
Amsterdam: Uitgeverii Vrij Nederland. 1947. QC173 .B17
Capsule history of nuclear research from Zeeman to Hahn & Strassman.
Capsule history of nuclear research from Zeeman to Hahn & Strassman.
0011.
BAZZONI, CHARLES B. Energy and Matter. Building Blocks of the Universe. 133 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION.
New York: University Society. 1932. QC173 .B36 1932
0012.
BECKING, L.G.M.B. Radiation and Vital Phenomena. Proefschrift ter Verkrijging van den Graad van Doctor...aan de Rijks-Universiteit
te Utrecht. 66 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Utrecht: F.W. Hajer. 1921. QC475 .B23 1921
0013.
BECQUEREL, HENRI. Collection of 6 original papers, as listed below, IN: Comptes Rendus des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Vol.
CXXII. 1633 pages. 4to, contemporary 1/2 morocco. Paris. January-June 1896.
Comprises: Sur les radiations emises par phosphorescence, p. 420. Sur les radiations invisibles emises par les corps phosphorescents, p. 501. Sur quelques propriete nouvelles des radiations invisibles emises par divers corps phosphorescents, p. 559. Sur les radiations invisibles emises par les sels d'uranium, p. 689. Sur les proprietes differentes des radiations invisibles emises par les sels d'uranium, et du rayonnement de la paroi enticathodique d'un tube de Crookes, p. 762. Emission de radiations nouvelles par l'uranium metalique, p. 1086. FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DISCOVERY OF RADIOACTIVITY AND THE RADIATION OF URANIUM. Cajori 272; Dibner 163; PMM 393; G-M 2001; Romer, papers 1-4 and pp. 7-21; Becquerel, 1903 checklist, 1-6.
Comprises: Sur les radiations emises par phosphorescence, p. 420. Sur les radiations invisibles emises par les corps phosphorescents, p. 501. Sur quelques propriete nouvelles des radiations invisibles emises par divers corps phosphorescents, p. 559. Sur les radiations invisibles emises par les sels d'uranium, p. 689. Sur les proprietes differentes des radiations invisibles emises par les sels d'uranium, et du rayonnement de la paroi enticathodique d'un tube de Crookes, p. 762. Emission de radiations nouvelles par l'uranium metalique, p. 1086. FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DISCOVERY OF RADIOACTIVITY AND THE RADIATION OF URANIUM. Cajori 272; Dibner 163; PMM 393; G-M 2001; Romer, papers 1-4 and pp. 7-21; Becquerel, 1903 checklist, 1-6.
0014.
BECQUEREL, HENRI. On the Radio-Activity of Matter. pp. (197)-206 8vo, printed wrappers. Washington: USGPO. 1903. Q11 .S66 1903
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, off-printed from the Smithsonian Report for 1902. This is probably the first publication of Becquerel in America.
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, off-printed from the Smithsonian Report for 1902. This is probably the first publication of Becquerel in America.
0015.
BECQUEREL, HENRI. Recherches sur une proprieté nouvelle de la matiere. Activité radiante spontanée ou radioactivité de la Matiere. (4), 360, (4) pages.
13 photolithographed plates. 4to, printed blue wrappers FIRST EDITION. Paris: Firmin-Didot. 1903. QC475 .B4
PMM 393; Dibner 163. Within months after Roentgen's discovery, Becquerel discovered the new and previously unsuspected property which produced X-rays, and before the end of the year he coined the term "radioactivité." Becquerel continued his researches until 1903 when he summed up his results in the definitive work above. It contains a chronological narrative of his investigations, his mature conclusions, and a bibliography of 214 treatises and papers on radioactivity. LEWIS STRAUSS'S COPY, with an 8-line autograph note initialled by Strauss inserted, summarizing the importance of the work and indicating that he "bought this from E. Offenbacher in 1966."
PMM 393; Dibner 163. Within months after Roentgen's discovery, Becquerel discovered the new and previously unsuspected property which produced X-rays, and before the end of the year he coined the term "radioactivité." Becquerel continued his researches until 1903 when he summed up his results in the definitive work above. It contains a chronological narrative of his investigations, his mature conclusions, and a bibliography of 214 treatises and papers on radioactivity. LEWIS STRAUSS'S COPY, with an 8-line autograph note initialled by Strauss inserted, summarizing the importance of the work and indicating that he "bought this from E. Offenbacher in 1966."
0016.
BENNER, SVEN. "F. W. Astons Undersoekningar oever Isotopa Element." IN: Kosmos, Band 7, pp. 16-48 232 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Stockholm:
Norstedt & Soener. 1929.
0017.
BERTHELOT, ANDRE. De l'Atome a l'Energie Nucleaire. Preface de F. Joliot-Curie. 235 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, decorative wrappers. Paris:
Editions Correa. 1947. QC173 .B45 1947
0018.
BEYER, ROBERT T., Editor. Foundations of Nuclear Physics. Facsimiles of Thirteen Fundamental Papers. 272 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. New
York: Dover. 1949. QC173 .B44
0019.
BJERGE, T. Studier over Kunstig Radioaktivitet med Kort Halveringstid. With a Summary in English. 75 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn:
Levin & Munksgaard. 1938. QC795 .B626 1938
0020.
BOHR, NIELS. Abhandlungen ueber Atombau aus den Jahren 1913-1916. Autorisierte deutsche Uebersetzung mit einem Geleitwort von N. Bohr von Dr. Hugo
Stintzing. 155 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Braunschweig: Vieweg. 1921. QC173 .B62
FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN of Bohr's first papers on atomic constitution, with an original foreword for this edition by Bohr.
FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN of Bohr's first papers on atomic constitution, with an original foreword for this edition by Bohr.
0021.
BOHR, NIELS. Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature. Four Essays with an Introductory Survey. 119 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION IN
ENGLISH. Cambridge: University Press. 1934. QC173 .B63 1934
0022.
BOHR, NIELS. "Atomteorien og Grundprincipperne for Naturbeskrivelsen." IN: Beretning om det 18 Skandinaviske Naturforskermode i Kobenhavn 26-31 August 1929,
pp. 71-83. 557 pages. Large 8vo, printed wrappers. Kobenhavn: Frederiksberg Bogtrykkeri. 1929. Q101 .S6 1929
0023.
BOHR, NIELS. Drei Aufsaetze ueber Spektren und Atombau. 148 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION AND FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN.
Braunschweig: Vieweg. 1922. QC172 .B64 1922
Translated from Danish into German and first collected here are: 1. 'Ueber das Wasserstoffspektrum' (read 1913, published 1914); and 3. 'Der Bau der Atome und die physikalischen und chemischen Eigenschaften der Elemente.' Number 2, 'Ueber die Serienspektren der Elemente' (1920) appeared originally in German. Bohr was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms, and of the radiation emanating from them."
Translated from Danish into German and first collected here are: 1. 'Ueber das Wasserstoffspektrum' (read 1913, published 1914); and 3. 'Der Bau der Atome und die physikalischen und chemischen Eigenschaften der Elemente.' Number 2, 'Ueber die Serienspektren der Elemente' (1920) appeared originally in German. Bohr was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms, and of the radiation emanating from them."
0024.
BOHR, NIELS. Festskrift til Professor Dr. Niels Bohr paa 50 aars Dagen D. 7. Oktober 1935. Saertryk af Fysisk Tidsskrift. 220 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. Kjobenhavn: Gjellerups Boghandel. 1935. QC174.12 .F47 1935
The very scarce festschrift for Bohr's 50th birthday. Includes contributions by Werner Heisenberg, O. Klein, C. Moller, and others.
The very scarce festschrift for Bohr's 50th birthday. Includes contributions by Werner Heisenberg, O. Klein, C. Moller, and others.
0025.
BOHR, NIELS. "Neutron Capture and Nuclear Constitution." IN: Nature, Vol. 137, No. 3461, pp. 344-348. (3) leaves; (337)-374, (2) leaves +
xvi-page Supplement laid-in. 4to, unbound. London: Nature. February 29, 1936.
This issue also includes, in the Letters to the Editor section, "Capture of Slow Neutrons" by O.R. Frisch & G. Placzek.
This issue also includes, in the Letters to the Editor section, "Capture of Slow Neutrons" by O.R. Frisch & G. Placzek.
0026.
BOHR, NIELS. "Nyere Undersogelser over Atomkernernes Omdannelser." IN: Kosmos, Band 24, pp. 24-57. 176 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards.
Stockholm: Norstedt & Soener. 1946.
FIRST EDITION, written in 1941 but unpublished because of the war. This issue also includes Anna Beckman's biographical profiles of Nobel prize-winners Otto Hahn & Wolfgang Pauli, "Transuraner" by John Tandberg, "Ur Urans Kemi" by Lars Gunnar Sillen, "Urantillgangar och energifoersoerjning" by Av Josef Eklund, etc.
FIRST EDITION, written in 1941 but unpublished because of the war. This issue also includes Anna Beckman's biographical profiles of Nobel prize-winners Otto Hahn & Wolfgang Pauli, "Transuraner" by John Tandberg, "Ur Urans Kemi" by Lars Gunnar Sillen, "Urantillgangar och energifoersoerjning" by Av Josef Eklund, etc.
0027.
BOHR, NIELS. "On the Constitution of Atoms and Molecules." IN: Philosophical Magazine (Sixth Series) July-December 1913 pp. (1)-25; 476-501;
857-875. viii, 1064 pages. Illustrated. Thick 8vo, contemporary cloth-backed boards.
FIRST EDITION. London: Taylor and Francis. 1913. Q1 .L6
FIRST APPEARANCE of Bohr's epoch-making quantum theoretic reformulation of atomic theory, which revolutionized modern views of the atom. "In his great papers of 1913, Bohr presented his theory as being founded upon two postulates, whose formulation he refined in later papers. The first postulate enunciates the existence of stationary states of an atomic system, the behavior of which may be described in terms of classical mechanics; the second postulate states that the transition of the system from one stationary state to another is a nonclassical process, accompanied by the emission or absorption of one quantum of homogeneous radiation..." -DSB II, 244.
FIRST APPEARANCE of Bohr's epoch-making quantum theoretic reformulation of atomic theory, which revolutionized modern views of the atom. "In his great papers of 1913, Bohr presented his theory as being founded upon two postulates, whose formulation he refined in later papers. The first postulate enunciates the existence of stationary states of an atomic system, the behavior of which may be described in terms of classical mechanics; the second postulate states that the transition of the system from one stationary state to another is a nonclassical process, accompanied by the emission or absorption of one quantum of homogeneous radiation..." -DSB II, 244.
0028.
BOHR, NIELS. The Penetration of Atomic Particles through Matter. 144 pages. 8vo, later buckram. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Munksgaard. 1948. QC173 .B536 1948
Bohr here takes up the subject from the standpoint of high energy fission fragments.
Bohr here takes up the subject from the standpoint of high energy fission fragments.
0029.
BOHR, NIELS. The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution. Three Essays. 126 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION & FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.
Cambridge: University Press. 1922. QC451 .B67 1922
0030.
BOHR, NIELS & L. ROSENFELD. Zur Frage der Messbarkeit der elektromagnetischen Feldgroessen. 65 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Levin & Munksgaard. 1933. QC665.E4 B64 1933
0031.
BOORSE, HENRY A. & LLOYD MOTZ, Editors. The World of the Atom. Foreword by I.I. Rabi. 2 volumes. 1873 pages. 8vo, cloth, slipcase. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Basic Books. 1966. QC173 .B638 1966
Excellent anthology of original writings on atomic physics from Lucretius to Victor Weisskopf.
Excellent anthology of original writings on atomic physics from Lucretius to Victor Weisskopf.
0032.
BORDEN, W.C. The Use of the Roentgen Ray by the Medical Department of the United States Army in
the War with Spain. (1898). 98 pages. 38 plates; text illustrations. 4to, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Washington:
USGPO. 1900. RC78 .U51
PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to T. Ritchie Stone, M.D. Includes the first published illustrations and discussion of radiation burns.
PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to T. Ritchie Stone, M.D. Includes the first published illustrations and discussion of radiation burns.
0033.
BORN, MAX. Atomic Physics. Authorized Translation from the German Edition by John Dougall. 352 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, cloth. London: Blackie. 1935.
First English Edition of Moderne Physik.
First English Edition of Moderne Physik.
0034.
BORN, MAX. Der Aufbau der Materie. Drei Aufsaetze ueber moderne Atomistik und Elektrontheorie. 81 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Berlin: Springer. 1920. QC173 .B6 1920
0035.
BORN, MAX. The Constitution of Matter. Modern Atomic and Electron Theories. Translated from the Second Revised German Edition
by E.W. Blair and T.S. Wheeler. 80 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION IN ENGLISH. London: Methuen. 1923. QC173 .B65
0036.
BRAGG, W.H. Studies in Radioactivity. 196 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Macmillan. 1912. QC795 .B67
Bragg here presents in detail his researches and views on ionization and X-rays and the phenomena of beta and alpha particle scattering.
Bragg here presents in detail his researches and views on ionization and X-rays and the phenomena of beta and alpha particle scattering.
0037.
BRAGG, W.H. & W.L. BRAGG. X-Rays and Crystal Structure. 228 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Bell and Sons. 1915. QD945 .B7
The Braggs developed the powerful technique of X-Ray crystallography for which they shared the Nobel Prize in Physics. PMM 406b.
The Braggs developed the powerful technique of X-Ray crystallography for which they shared the Nobel Prize in Physics. PMM 406b.
0038.
BRAGG, W.H. & W.L. BRAGG. X-Rays and Crystal Structure. Second Edition. 228 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. London: Bell. 1916. QD945 .B7 1916
0039.
BRILLOUIN, L. L'Atome de Thomas-Fermi et la Methode du Champ "Self-Consistent." 46 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Herman & Cie. 1934.
An analysis of the Thomas-Fermi model of the atom, by one of France's most brilliant theoretical physicists. See DSB II 465-466.
An analysis of the Thomas-Fermi model of the atom, by one of France's most brilliant theoretical physicists. See DSB II 465-466.
0040.
BRILLOUIN, LEON. La Structure des Corps Solides dans la Physique Moderne. 53 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Hermann & Cie. 1937. QC191 .B7
0041.
CABRERA, BLAS. El Atomo y sus Propriedades Electromagneticas. 191 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Madrid: Editorial Paez. 1927. QC173 .C3
0042.
CALDERARO, JOSE D. La Energia Atomica: Historia y Evolucion de la Teoria Nuclear. 48 pages. 8vo, decorative wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Toulouse: Ediciones "Universo,". 1949.
Comprises "El Mundo al Diam" No. 13, 15 mars 1949.
Comprises "El Mundo al Diam" No. 13, 15 mars 1949.
0043.
CAMERON, A.T. Radium and Radioactivity. 185 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1912. QC721 .C35
From the "Romance of Science" Series.
From the "Romance of Science" Series.
0044.
CASTEDO, SEBASTIAN. El Radio y el Selenio. Revolucionadores del Mundo. . . Radioactividad: argo, cripto, neo, xeno y helio;
uranio, torio, radio. . .influencia del radio y del selenio en la vida humana. 111
pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. Madrid: Editorial Grafica Espanola. 1916. QC721 .C35
A popular survey of recent developments in radioactivity, by one of Spain's leading radium researchers.
A popular survey of recent developments in radioactivity, by one of Spain's leading radium researchers.
0045.
CHALMERS, T.W. A Short History of Radio-activity. 78 pages. 4to, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. London: The Engineer. 1951. QC721 .C47
Collected articles published in The Engineer, 1950.
Collected articles published in The Engineer, 1950.
0046.
CHAMPETIER, GEORGES. Deuterium and Deuterium Compounds. With the Collaboration of Mlle. Monnet and M. Magat. Preface by H.C. Urey. 79 pages.
8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Hermann et Cie. 1937.
Comprises Annual Tables of Constants and Numerical Data 1. Text in French and English.
Comprises Annual Tables of Constants and Numerical Data 1. Text in French and English.
0047.
COLLIE, C.H. & J.H.E. GRIFFITHS. "The Passage of Neutrons Through Matter." pp. 434-446. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. (London: Harrison and Sons). 1936.
Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Vol. 155, No. 885, pp. 434-446, June 1936.
Offprint from Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A, Vol. 155, No. 885, pp. 434-446, June 1936.
0048.
COMPTON, ARTHUR HOLLY. The Cosmos of Arthur Holly Compton. Edited by Marjorie Johnston. Introduction by Vannevar Bush. 468 pages. 8vo, cloth,
dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Knopf. 1967. Q171 .C58
The collected public papers of Compton. With the errata slip inserted.
The collected public papers of Compton. With the errata slip inserted.
0049.
COMPTON, ARTHUR HOLLY. Scientific Papers. Edited with an Introduction by Robert S. Shankland. 777 pages. 4to, cloth. FIRST
EDITION. University of Chicago Press. 1973. QC71 .C64 1973
0050.
CONDON, E.U. "Sharpshooting at the Atom." In: Popular Mechanics Magazine, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 1-5 et passim. 144 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, pictorial wrappers. Chicago: Popular Mechanics. July 1940.
Mentions the potential liberation of vast amounts of energy through uranium fission.
Mentions the potential liberation of vast amounts of energy through uranium fission.
0051.
CONN, G.K.T. & H.D. TURNER. The Evolution of the Nuclear Atom. 266 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. London: Iliffe Books. 1965. QC173 .C74
0052.
CURIE, IRENE. Les Radioelements Naturels. Proprietés Chimiques, Preparation-Dosage. 188 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST
EDITION. Paris: Hermann & Cie. 1946. QC795 .J64 1946
0053.
CURIE, IRENE & F. JOLIOT. La Projection de Noyaux Atomique par un Rayonnement tres penetrant. L'Existence de Neutron. 22 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
Paris: Hermann et Cie. 1932.
Comprises Actualites Scientifiques et Industrielles XXXII. The Joliot-Curie's studies of the ejection of atomic nuclei by Bothe-Becker rediation were the immediate precursors of Chadwick's identification of the neutron in 1932.
Comprises Actualites Scientifiques et Industrielles XXXII. The Joliot-Curie's studies of the ejection of atomic nuclei by Bothe-Becker rediation were the immediate precursors of Chadwick's identification of the neutron in 1932.
0054.
CURIE, MARIE SKLODOWSKA. Oeuvres. Recueillies par Irene Joliot Curie. 685 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Varsovie:
Panstowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 1954.
Marie Curie's complete scientific papers, arranged in chronological order.
Marie Curie's complete scientific papers, arranged in chronological order.
0055.
CURIE, MDME SKLODOWSKA. Radio-Active Substances. Thesis presented to the Faculté des Sciences de Paris. (Second Edition). [sic]. 94
pages. Figures in the text. 8vo, printed wrappers. London: Chemical News Office. 1904. QC721 .C96
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Marie Curie's epochal doctoral dissertation which she announced the results of 4 years of investigations, including her discovery that radium is a new chemical element. This edition was translated from the second French edition, hence the "Second Edition" on title-page. This is in fact the only English edition published in 1904. Very rare, with no copy located in BM.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of Marie Curie's epochal doctoral dissertation which she announced the results of 4 years of investigations, including her discovery that radium is a new chemical element. This edition was translated from the second French edition, hence the "Second Edition" on title-page. This is in fact the only English edition published in 1904. Very rare, with no copy located in BM.
0056.
CURIE, MARIE. Traité de Radioactivité. 2 volumes. xiii, 426; 548 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, contemporary 3/4 leather. Paris:
Gauthier-Villars. 1910. QC721 .C98 1910
FIRST EDITION of Marie Curie's most extensive treatise on radioactivity, summarizing all significant contributions to the subject, including her own and those of other researchers to date.
FIRST EDITION of Marie Curie's most extensive treatise on radioactivity, summarizing all significant contributions to the subject, including her own and those of other researchers to date.
0057.
CURIE, MME S. Untersuchungen ueber die Radioactiven Substanzen. Uebersetzt und mit Litteratur-Ergaenzungen versehen von W. Kaufmann. Zweite unveraenderte
Auflage. 132 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine-label. Braunschweig:
Vieweg. 1904. QC721 .C955 1904
The second German edition of Madame Curie's epochal doctoral dissertation, which was originally published in French in a very limited edition for private distribution the previous year. See PMM 394a. See Horblit 19. See Dibner 164.
The second German edition of Madame Curie's epochal doctoral dissertation, which was originally published in French in a very limited edition for private distribution the previous year. See PMM 394a. See Horblit 19. See Dibner 164.
0058.
CURIE, PIERRE. Oeuvres. 621 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, contemporary cloth-backed boards. FIRST EDITION. Paris:
Gauthier-Villars. 1908. QC3 .C8
PMM 394b. The collected writings of Curie, whose tragic death at the age of 47 after being hit by a truck was a terrible loss to science. Curie's work can be divided into 3 periods. The first concerned the physics of crystals, and led to the discovery of piezoelectricity. In the second period Curie concentrated on theoretical problems of crystallography and magnetism. The third period mainly involved study of radioactivity with his wife, Marie, in perhaps the greatest and most romantic husband/wife collaboration in the history of science. The above volume includes an important 22-page biographical tribute by Marie.
PMM 394b. The collected writings of Curie, whose tragic death at the age of 47 after being hit by a truck was a terrible loss to science. Curie's work can be divided into 3 periods. The first concerned the physics of crystals, and led to the discovery of piezoelectricity. In the second period Curie concentrated on theoretical problems of crystallography and magnetism. The third period mainly involved study of radioactivity with his wife, Marie, in perhaps the greatest and most romantic husband/wife collaboration in the history of science. The above volume includes an important 22-page biographical tribute by Marie.
0059.
DANSK INGENIORFORENING. Award of the Niels Bohr Gold Medal to Professor Werner Karl Heisenberg 7 October
1970. 33 pages. Illustrated. Small 4to, boards, pictorial cover-label, dust jacket.
(Kobenhavn: Teknisk Forlags Trykkeri). 1970.
The main body of text, in English, consists of Heisenberg's lecture for the award ceremony, in which he delivers a panegyric on Niels Bohr and a capsule history of the discovery of nuclear fission and the development of atomic energy, together with thoughtful prognostications for its political implications.
The main body of text, in English, consists of Heisenberg's lecture for the award ceremony, in which he delivers a panegyric on Niels Bohr and a capsule history of the discovery of nuclear fission and the development of atomic energy, together with thoughtful prognostications for its political implications.
0060.
DAVIS, WILLIAM E., JR. Early History of the Nuclear Atom. 155 pages. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt. 1974. QC773 .D33 1974
A good survey history of the fundamental discoveries in nuclear physics.
A good survey history of the fundamental discoveries in nuclear physics.
0061.
DE BROGLIE, LOUIS, et al. Structure des Atomes et Energie Atomique. 144 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Paris: Hermann & Cie. 1948.
Title article is by De Broglie. Also includes "La Fission du Noyau et l'Energie Atomique" by Francis Perrin; "Transmutations et Rayonnements Correspondants" by Mme. Joliot-Curie, etc.
Title article is by De Broglie. Also includes "La Fission du Noyau et l'Energie Atomique" by Francis Perrin; "Transmutations et Rayonnements Correspondants" by Mme. Joliot-Curie, etc.
0062.
DE GROOT, W. Het natuurlijke Systeem der Elementen van het Standpunt der Kernphysica. 13 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. Amsterdam: D.B. Centen's Uitgevers. 1937. JX1974.A1 U49
Offprint from Chemisch Weekblad, deel 34.
Offprint from Chemisch Weekblad, deel 34.
0063.
DEN HOED, DANIEL. Over de Werking van harde Roentgenstralen en Gammastralen van Radium. 172 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Amsterdam: J.H. De
Bussy. 1934.
Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the Author.
Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the Author.
0064.
THE DESCENT OF THE ATOM. A Layman's Creation. Anonymous. 154 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Boston: Lothrop. 1934. QC173 .D454 1934
0065.
DEUTMANN, L. Radium and Stoffwechsel. 38 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Munchen: Otto Gmelin. 1910.
0066.
DIEBNER, KURT & EBERHARD GRASSMANN. Kuenstliche Radioaktivitaet. Experimentelle Ergebnisse. 87 pages. 10 folding tables. 4to, plain grey wrappers.
FIRST EDITION. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1939. QC721 .D47
Diebner was the chief physicist in charge of the German War Office's atomic fission project. See Rhodes, pp. 311, 344, 517 & 607.
Diebner was the chief physicist in charge of the German War Office's atomic fission project. See Rhodes, pp. 311, 344, 517 & 607.
0067.
DORSEY, N. ERNEST. Physics of Radioactivity. The text of a Correspondence Course prepared especially for the Medical Profession.
223 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, in the original 23 parts. N.p.: Williams & Wilkins. 1921. QC721 .D75 1921
0068.
EATON, PETER, Bookseller. The Eaton-Richardson Library on the Atom. About 400+ leaves. Mimeographed typescript, printed on one side only. Folio, loose
in original cloth portfolio and slipcase. London. 1960. QC173.A1 E3
Comprises checklist of the library and manuscript archives of Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Owen Willans Richardson, as offered for sale by Peter Eaton. Especially strong in electron theory and manuscript materials, the catalogue is also a useful reference for ephemeral material relating to pre-World War II atomic science. Loosely inserted is an autograph note signed by Peter Eaton, indicating that the collection was purchased by Texas University. This catalogue is very scarce, as apparently only a small number were issued.
Comprises checklist of the library and manuscript archives of Nobel Laureate Professor Sir Owen Willans Richardson, as offered for sale by Peter Eaton. Especially strong in electron theory and manuscript materials, the catalogue is also a useful reference for ephemeral material relating to pre-World War II atomic science. Loosely inserted is an autograph note signed by Peter Eaton, indicating that the collection was purchased by Texas University. This catalogue is very scarce, as apparently only a small number were issued.
0069.
EHRENFEST, PAUL. Collected Scientific Papers. Edited by Martin J. Klein. Introduction by H.B.G. Casimir. 632 pages. 4to, cloth.
FIRST EDITION. Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing. 1959. QC3 .E4
One of the leading theoretical physicists of his day, both Oppenheimer and Fermi studied with Ehrenfest to hone their mathematical skills. See Rhodes, pp. 127 & 206; DSB IV, pp. 292-294.
One of the leading theoretical physicists of his day, both Oppenheimer and Fermi studied with Ehrenfest to hone their mathematical skills. See Rhodes, pp. 127 & 206; DSB IV, pp. 292-294.
0070.
EINSTEIN, ALBERT. "Ueber das Relativitaetsprinzip und die aus demselben gezogenen Folgerungen." In: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 4, No. 4 (1907): pp. 411-462. IV,
486 pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1908.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS PIVOTAL PAPER in modern physics and the development of the atomic bomb. "On p. 443 are probably the first explicit statements both of the equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass and of the equation for mass in terms of energy now regarded as the theoretical basis for the release of atomic energy." -Weil 21; Stanitz sale, lot 131.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS PIVOTAL PAPER in modern physics and the development of the atomic bomb. "On p. 443 are probably the first explicit statements both of the equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass and of the equation for mass in terms of energy now regarded as the theoretical basis for the release of atomic energy." -Weil 21; Stanitz sale, lot 131.
0071.
EINSTEIN, ALBERT. "Ueber das Relativitaetsprinzip. . . (Berichtigungen)." IN: Jahrbuch der Radioaktivitaet und Elektronik 5, No. 1 (1908): pp. 98-99. IV, 576
pages. 8vo, contemporary cloth. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1908.
Einstein's addendum to the preceding paper. Weil 21. This volume also includes papers by Rutherford, Soddy, and Geiger.
Einstein's addendum to the preceding paper. Weil 21. This volume also includes papers by Rutherford, Soddy, and Geiger.
0072.
EINSTEIN, ALBERT & LEOPOLD INFELD. The Evolution of Physics. The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta. 319 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. (Weil 201). New York: Simon and Schuster. 1938. QC7 .E5
0073.
FAJANS, K. Radioactivity and the Latest Development in the Study of the Chemical Elements. Translated from the Fourth German Edition by T.S. Wheeler and W.G. King. 138 pages.
Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. London: Methuen. 1923. QD466 .F282
0074.
FAJANS, KASIMIR. Radioelements and Isotopes: Chemical Forces and Optical Properties of Substances. 125 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: McGraw-Hill. 1931. QD466 .F2
0075.
FARKAS, ADALBERT. Orthohydrogen, Parahydrogen and Heavy Hydrogen. 215 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1935. QD181.H1 F2
0076.
FEINBERG, J.G. The Story of Atomic Theory. Foreword by Frederick Soddy. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Dover. 1960. QC173 .F36 1960
First edition thus, with new foreword and postscript.
First edition thus, with new foreword and postscript.
0077.
FERMI, ENRICO. Collected Papers (Note e Memorie). 2 volumes. 1043; 1083 pages. Illustrated. Thick large 8vo, cloth. FIRST COLLECTED
EDITION. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1962-1965. QC3 .F4
Edited by E. Amaldi, H.L. Anderson, E. Persico, F. Rasetti, C.S. Smith, A. Wattenberg & E. Segre. The complete scientific papers of Fermi.
Edited by E. Amaldi, H.L. Anderson, E. Persico, F. Rasetti, C.S. Smith, A. Wattenberg & E. Segre. The complete scientific papers of Fermi.
0078.
FERMI, ENRICO. "Experimental Production of a Divergent Chain Reaction." IN: American Journal of Physics, Volume 20, Number 9: pp. 536-558. iv, pp. 527-610.
Illustrated. 4to, printed wrappers. New York: American Institute of Physics. December 1952.
FIRST PUBLISHED APPEARANCE of Fermi's hitherto classified account of the first atomic pile, written for the Manhattan project's Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago after the first successful production of a neutron chain reaction in uranium in 1942.
FIRST PUBLISHED APPEARANCE of Fermi's hitherto classified account of the first atomic pile, written for the Manhattan project's Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago after the first successful production of a neutron chain reaction in uranium in 1942.
0079.
FERMI, ENRICO. Molecules, Crystals, and Quantum Statistics. Translated by M. Ferro-Luzzi. 300 pages. 8vo, cloth. New York: Benjamin. 1966. QC173 .F46
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of this classic 1934 text, "still very valuable as an introduction to the subject."
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH of this classic 1934 text, "still very valuable as an introduction to the subject."
0080.
FERMI, ENRICO. Nuclear Physics. A Course Given at the University of Chicago. Notes Compiled by Jay Orear, A.H. Rosenfeld,
and R.A. Schluter. Revised Edition. 248 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. University of
Chicago Press. 1958.
Reproduces the compilers' notes of lectures given by Fermi January-June 1949.
Reproduces the compilers' notes of lectures given by Fermi January-June 1949.
0081.
FERMI, ENRICO. On the Velocity Distribution Law for Slow Neutrons. pp. 128-130. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. The Hague: Nijhoff. 1935.
OTTO FRISCH'S COPY, signed by him in pencil on the front wrapper. Offprint from Zeeman, Verhandelingen.
OTTO FRISCH'S COPY, signed by him in pencil on the front wrapper. Offprint from Zeeman, Verhandelingen.
0082.
FERMI, ENRICO. Thermodynamics. 160 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Prentice-Hall. 1937. QC311 .F4
0083.
FRISCH, OTTO R. On the Selective Capture of Slow Neutrons. 31 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Levin
& Munksgaard. 1937.
0084.
FRISCH, O.R. H.V., HALBAN JUN & JORGEN KOCH. On the Slowing Down and Capture of Neutrons in Hydrogenous Substances. 37 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Kobenhavn: Levin & Munksgaard. 1938.
0085.
FRISCH, OTTO R., F.A. PANETH, et al, Editors. Trends in Atomic Physics. Essays dedicated to Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Max von Laue on the Occasion of their
80th birthday. 285 pages. Illustrated. 4to, cloth. New York: Interscience. 1959. QC475 .B45 1959
Includes: C.S. Wu. History of Beta Decay; Glenn T. Seaborg. Early Radiochemical Investigations of Plutonium; etc., etc.
Includes: C.S. Wu. History of Beta Decay; Glenn T. Seaborg. Early Radiochemical Investigations of Plutonium; etc., etc.
0086.
FUERSTENBERG, ALFRED. Physiologische und therapeutische Wirkungen des Radiums und Thoriums. 68 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Halle a.S.: Carl Marhold. 1912.
A curious homeopathic treatise on radium therapy. At the end are ads for various medicinal preparations, including radium mineral waters, etc.
A curious homeopathic treatise on radium therapy. At the end are ads for various medicinal preparations, including radium mineral waters, etc.
0087.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Atomic Energy in Cosmic and Human Life. Fifty Years of Radioactivity. 161 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
EDITION. New York: Macmillan. 1946. QC173 .G19
0088.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Atomic Energy in Cosmic and Human Life. Fifty Years of Radioactivity. 161 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST
BRITISH EDITION. Cambridge: University Press. 1947. QC173 .G19 1947
0089.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Constitution of Atomic Nuclei and Radioactivity. 114 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1931. QC173 .G3 1931
0090.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Der Bau des Atomkerns und die Radioaktivitaet. Ins Deutsche uebertragen von C. u. F. Houtermans. 147 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers.
FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Leipzig: Hirzel. 1932. QC173 .G314 1932
Translated from Russian. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Translator. Includes a summary of Gamow's work on estimates of energy required to split the nucleus by means of artificially accelerated protons.
Translated from Russian. Presentation copy, inscribed by the Translator. Includes a summary of Gamow's work on estimates of energy required to split the nucleus by means of artificially accelerated protons.
0091.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom. 97 pages. Illustrated by the Author. Square 8vo, cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Macmillan. 1944. QC173 .G29
0092.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland or Stories of C, G, and H. Illustrated by John Hookham. Square 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Macmillan. 1940. QC6 .G2
The first "popular" scientific book by "one of the most talented and creative popularizers of science of all time." -DSB.
The first "popular" scientific book by "one of the most talented and creative popularizers of science of all time." -DSB.
0093.
GAMOW, GEORGE. Structure of Atomic Nuclei and Nuclear Transformations. Second Edition of Constitution of Atomic Nuclei and Radioactivity. 270 pages. 8vo,
cloth. FIRST EDITION THUS. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1937. QC173 .G2 1937
0094.
GEITEL, H. Die Bestaetigung der Atomlehre durch die Radioaktivitaet. 24 pages. 8vo, printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Braunschweig: Vieweg. 1913. QD461 .G4
0095.
GERLACH, WALTHER. Materie, Elektrizitaet, Energie. Die Entwicklung der Atomistik in den letzten zehn Jahren. 195 pages. 8vo, printed
wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Dresden & Leipzig: Steinkopff. 1923. QC173 .G4 1923
0096.
GIESEL, FRIEDRICH OSCAR. Ueber radioaktive Substanzen und deren Strahlen. 28 pages. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. [Stuttgart]. 1902.
FIRST EDITION. Becquerel checklist, Number 152. The present copy has no title-page, apparently never bound in.
FIRST EDITION. Becquerel checklist, Number 152. The present copy has no title-page, apparently never bound in.
0097.
GLEDITSCH, ELLEN. Radioaktivitet och Grundamnesomvandling. Auktoriserad Oversattning fran Norskan av Astrid Cleve-Euler. 78 pages. Illustrated.
8vo, printed wrappers. Uppsala: Lindblads Forlag. 1925.
First edition in Swedish, translated from Norwegian. A survey of current knowledge of radioactivity. Concludes with a chapter on the geology of uranium and thorium.
First edition in Swedish, translated from Norwegian. A survey of current knowledge of radioactivity. Concludes with a chapter on the geology of uranium and thorium.
0098.
GOEHRING, OTTO. Autograph letter signed from Goehring to the noted gemologist George F. Kunz. 1-3/4 pages, on 2 conjugate folio sheets. Karlsruhe. May 17, 1915.
Goehring was the discover of "Uranium X2." Here he thanks Kunz for interest in his work, discusses the new element brevium of 1913 and his dissertation on uranium, etc., mentions Kasimir Fajans and his theories. Text in German. With the original stamped mailing envelope from the Chemisches Laboratorium, Karlsruhe.
Goehring was the discover of "Uranium X2." Here he thanks Kunz for interest in his work, discusses the new element brevium of 1913 and his dissertation on uranium, etc., mentions Kasimir Fajans and his theories. Text in German. With the original stamped mailing envelope from the Chemisches Laboratorium, Karlsruhe.
0099.
GRAETZER, HANS G. & DAVID L. ANDERSON. The Discovery of Nuclear Fission: A Documentary History. 120 pages. 8vo, cloth. FIRST EDITION. New York: Van Nostrand. 1971. QC790 .G68
0100.
GREY, VIVIAN. Secret of the Mysterious Rays. The Discovery of Nuclear Energy. Illustrated by Ed Malsberg. 120 pages. 8vo, cloth,
dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. New York: Basic Books. 1966. QC778.5 .G73 1966
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